Avian Flu Diary

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Avian Flu Diary


Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza, H5N1 `Bird Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness, and anything else that piques my admittedly eclectic interests...

Just when it was beginning to look like the Saudi MERS-CoV outbreak might be winding down, for the second time this week KSA’s MOH has announced another 3 cases.




Of particular note, these cases are not located in Al Asha region, which has been the primary location of the recent Saudi Outbreak.



One case is reported in the central highlands of Saudi Arabia in Wadi Al-Dawaser, while two cases are reported in Taif, which lies very near the holy city of Mecca.



A location that is all the more significant since millions of religious pilgrims will be flocking to Mecca over the next 6 weeks for Umrah. 


MOH: "Three New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Recorded in Taif .. One of Them Passed Away in Wadi Al-Dawaser"



14 June 2013

Within the framework of the epidemiological surveillance of the novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that three new confirmed cases of this virus have been recorded. The first case is a Saudi citizen in Taif governorate, aged 65 who is suffering from chronic diseases, and still at ICU receiving the proper treatment. The Second one is a Saudi female citizen in Taif governorate, aged 68 who is suffering from chronic diseases as well, and still at ICU receiving the proper treatment. However, the third case is a resident, aged 46 in Wadi Al-Dawaser, who passed away today, May Allah have mercy upon him.

Within the same vein, MOH has pointed out that it has tested 53 samples, where all of them have been proved negative, May Allah be praised.


Vienna: 5 Smuggled Birds Now Reported Positive For H5N1

An update to a story mentioned earlier this week by Crof (see Austria: Smuggled bird had H5N1) which told of a couple caught attempting to smuggling 60 birds purchased in Bali through the airport in Vienna. 

Out of these 5 dozen exotic birds, 39 had died in transit, and one had tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

Amazingly, these birds had made it through at least 2 other airports before being detected in Vienna.

Today we learn that 5 of those birds have now tested positive for the avian flu virus, and additional testing is underway.


Czech Republic : Bird flu - Five animals were infected

Machine translated article from Noe.Orf :


After the previous week on the Schwechat Airport 60 birds were discovered in travel bags, there are now additional assay results from five of the smuggled from Bali animals were infected with the bird flu virus.

The investigation of the 60 confiscated birds is still in progress, so the tests are not yet complete. So far, the H5N1 virus could be clearly detected in five animals.